Why Rest is a Radical Act

Sharan Dhaliwal founded the UK’s leading South Asian culture magazine Burnt Roti, which is a platform for young creatives to showcase their talent, find safe spaces and destigmatise topics around mental health and sexuality. She is also the Founder and co-Director of Middlesex Pride and was on the list of global influential women for the BBC 100 Women 2019. She has also been on the Diva Power List 2022 & 2023 and her debut non-fiction, Burning My Roti, about how her Asian identity and queerness came up against capitalism and white supremacy, came out in March 2022 by Hardie Grant.

Sharan is joined by Shareefa Energy, a working class writer, activist, creative campaigner, workshop facilitator, arts and wellbeing practitioner, and author of poetry collection Galaxy Walk, and Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin, author of Roses for Hedone and a grassroots community organiser who has been directly involved with the queer rights, anti-racism and climate justice movements.